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Legal salaries in the United States
Median $193k a year across 443 live postings that publish pay; the middle half runs from $145k to $234k. 77% of the 577 live postings in this segment publish a band at all.
The middle half: $145k to $234k. The ends are folded into the outer bars.
- Entry level$175k
- Mid level$194k
- Senior$218k
- Manager$170k
- Director$220k
Bars are the middle half of published bands; the tick is the median.
Highest-paying employers
Fireworks AImedian of 4 published bands$326k
Anthropicmedian of 14 published bands$304k
Tandemmedian of 3 published bands$290k
Decagonmedian of 3 published bands$275k
Redditmedian of 2 published bands$266k
DoorDashmedian of 3 published bands$265k
Falmedian of 2 published bands$263k
OpenAImedian of 3 published bands$262k
Hiring the most right now
Guidehouseopen roles in this segment67
SpaceXopen roles in this segment28
Groups Recover Togetheropen roles in this segment17
Brexopen roles in this segment13
REVOLUTION Medicinesopen roles in this segment12
Airwallexopen roles in this segment11
Coinbaseopen roles in this segment10
By job title
| Title | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Commercial Counsel | $200k | 23 |
| Substance Use Counselor | $60k | 11 |
| Senior Commercial Counsel | $242k | 9 |
| Corporate Counsel | $193k | 7 |
| Head of Legal | $260k | 7 |
| Counsel, Global Trade Compliance | $228k | 5 |
| Counsel, Labor & Employment Litigation | $223k | 5 |
| Legal Counsel | $218k | 5 |
The best-paid openings in this segment
- Director, Clinical Transactional CounselVir Biotechnology · San Francisco, California, United States$1204k to $1204k
- Litigation CounselAnthropic · San Francisco, CA$385k to $460k
- Commercial CounselFireworks AI · San Mateo, California, United States$355k to $400k
- Employment CounselFireworks AI · San Mateo, California, United States$355k to $400k
- Regulatory Counsel, AI Regulation, USAnthropic · San Francisco, CA $335k to $385k
- IP Counsel, TransactionsAnthropic · San Francisco, CA $335k to $385k
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Questions this data answers
What is the median salary for legal roles in the United States?
$193k a year in base pay, across 443 live postings that publish a salary band. The middle half of those bands runs from $145k to $234k.
What do the best-paid legal roles in the United States offer?
One in ten published bands has a midpoint above $275k, and one in ten sits below $109k.
How many legal job posts publish a salary?
77% of the 577 live postings in this segment state a pay range. The figures here are drawn only from those.
Do remote legal roles in the United States pay less?
Remote postings publish a median of $190k against $195k for on-site and hybrid ones, from 141 and 302 postings respectively.
Which companies pay the most for legal roles in the United States?
Among employers with at least two published bands, the highest medians right now are at Fireworks AI ($326k), Anthropic ($304k), Tandem ($290k).
Where does this data come from?
Base pay only, as employers publish it in their own job posts: the midpoint of each annual range, in the currency most postings use. Equity, bonus and commission are not in it. Updated daily.
Base pay only, as employers publish it in their own job posts: the midpoint of each annual range, in the currency most postings use. Equity, bonus and commission are not in it. Read off the live postings on Refolk's job board, where an employer is only counted while the posting is open. Updated daily.